Daily Herald, February 22, 2008

Democrat Kenneth Peay announced Thursday that he's running for the Utah State Senate District 13, which is now held by Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain.

Peay worked in law enforcement for 31 years, retiring as the commander of the Utah Highway Patrol in Utah County. He was born in Payson, grew up in Benjamin and graduated from Spanish Fork High School. He has a bachelor's degree from Southern Utah University and a master's degree from Brigham Young University.

He and his wife, Cecile, have three children and four grandchildren.